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Two bodies have been sighted in the effort to find six missing passengers and crew from the Bayesian, a superyacht that sank in a storm off the Sicilian coast in the early hours of Monday. There were 22 people on board, 10 crew members and 12 passengers. Fifteen were rescued, among them nine of the staff; six are still missing, while the body of the ship's cook was recovered during the first search. Early on Wednesday afternoon, two bodies were found inside the wreck of the sailing ship. Divers reportedly glimpsed them behind furniture and mattresses in one of the cabins on the boat's lower de...
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Severe thunderstorms have caused devastation in Germany and Belgium as both countries experience heavy rainfall. In Germany, the intense heat of the preceding days triggered the first of the major storms, with the North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg regions most affected. The storms are expected to move towards Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in coming days. Severe weather warnings were in place in North Rhine-Westphalia, where rain and hail flooded streets, motorways and cellars. The emergency services were deployed to the area but reported...
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Beer volumes at Dutch brewing company Heineken inched up 2.1% in the first half of the year, below the 3.4% expected by the market. The company also reported a revenue of €17,823m for the first half of 2024, representing a 2.2% rise on the same time last year. Operating profits rose 12.5% to €1,542m but below analysts' forecast of 13.2%. The company saw a diluted earnings per share of €2.15, a growth of 5.9%. The company has taken a hit of €874m on its investment in China Resources Beer, the country's largest brewery, as the latter's share price dropped because of falling demand. Heineken, whi...
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At least 146 people have died in mudslides in a remote part of Ethiopia, which has been hit with heavy rainfall. Young children and pregnant women were among the victims in the Kencho Shacha Gozdi district in the Gofa Zone of southern Ethiopia, according to a local administrator. The death toll rose as search operations continued in the area, said Kassahun Abayneh, head of communications office in Gofa Zone, the area where the mudslides occurred. Most of the victims were buried in a mudslide on Monday morning as rescue workers searched the steep terrain for survivors of another mudslide the pr...
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At least four people were killed after extensive flooding and landslides caused by heavy storms struck Switzerland and northern Italy. The bodies of three people were recovered after a landslide in the Italian-speaking Swiss county of Ticino on the southern side of the Alps. Heavy rain had pounded the South and West of Switzerland throughout the weekend. Camping sites were evacuated, bridges collapsed, and one person is still missing in the Swiss Lavizzara valley. Further north, the Rhone river burst its banks in several areas within the Valais region. A motorway and railway line were both flo...
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Dangerous flooding from a tropical disturbance inundated much of southern Florida, blocking roads, floating vehicles and delaying travellers.
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Turkey has been hit by the heatwave, with air temperatures 8 to 12 degrees above seasonal norms throughout the week, and this has started to take its toll and will continue. The western and southern coasts of the country are already under the influence of extreme heat, with the thermometer continuing to rise. The heat wave will hit the Aegean and the Mediterranean the hardest and some fear rising temperatures could cause fires. A holiday village in the Olympos resort in Antalya's Kumluca has already succumbed to the flames. Most of the wooden houses burned down within a few hours. Three villag...
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Residents in several towns in Austria were cleaning up on Monday after severe thunderstorms over the weekend caused flooding and mudslides. For people in the Styria region, there is still no relief in sight with firefighters saying they had not seen such bad weather in 40 years. In the town of Deutschfeistritz, north of Graz, a flash flood swept away cars and damaged numerous houses, leaving the town centre accessible only by boat
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The entire course of the Danube in Austria has been closed after its banks burst in the country's third-largest city, Linz. The river, which flows over 350 kilometres of Austria, was closed for shipping after heavy rainfall caused floods in both Austria and Germany. The decision to close comes after flooding turned deadly in southern Germany on the weekend, where five people were killed. Police confirmed on Tuesday that a women's body was recovered from a car that sank into floodwater in Bavaria. The woman was found in the town of Markt Rettenbach after ignoring barriers blocking a flooded roa...
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Due to the rising level of the Danube River, which has reached 5.9 metres, the German city of Regensburg has declared a state of emergency. The death toll in floods across a large part of southern Germany rose to four on Tuesday.
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